Columbus "discovers" America
1492
Jamestown
1607
Pilgrims and the Mayflower
1620
Great Awakening
1730-1749
French and Indian War
1756-1763
Declaration of Independence
1776
Revolutionary War
1775-1783
Constitutional Convention
1787
Louisiana Purchase
1803
Missouri Compromise
1820
Market Revolution
1820-1850
Second Great Awakening
1790-1840
Manifest Destiny
1845
Mexican-American War
1846-1848
Homestead Act
1862
Civil War
1861-1865
Reconstruction
1865-1877